40 years old actually, still made new by nikon in their japanese factories to this day.
> Canon RF 50mm f/1.2
I'd happily test one but it costs more than my whole 35mm + medium format setups + darkroom equipment. It weights 3 times more than the nikkor and uses 77mm filter instead of 52mm so this is already a big no-no in my books.
I'm sure there are good fast lenses, it's just that they have so many drawbacks that it doesn't make sense for the vast majority of photographers.
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html
>I'm sure there are good fast lenses, it's just that they have so many drawbacks that it doesn't make sense for the vast majority of photographers.
My point was its not fair to use an old obsolete lens to denounce fast aperture primes of today.
Meh, they use a shit ton of glass _which introduces aberrations_ which needs more glass to correct.
I bought a 50mm 1.2 ai-s, and sent it back a few days later. The dof is unusable at f1.2 and after f2.8 it looks like any other quality 50mm lens. It vignets like crazy and edges aren't sharp until you stop down to regular apertures. So yeah sure you can shoot a bit better in low light, if you like blurry and soft pics.
> The trade-offs are often worth it.
For pros, maybe, for prosumers and consumers I highly doubt it.